11:32 AM ET It didn’t take UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman long to respond to Conor McGregor saying he’s coming after the lightweight and welterweight belts. Usman, known as The Nigerian Nightmare, tweeted early Saturday morning that McGregor shouldn’t even dream of his welterweight belt “because that dream can turn into a Nightmare fast.” My
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8:12 AM ET Predictions, like resolutions, are an essential part of looking ahead toward a new year. Also like resolutions, most predictions are doomed to fail. So why not take a swing at them as hard as a Justin Gaethje right cross? With a big UFC pay-per-view slate already set up to start the first
11:46 PM ET NEW YORK — Kayla Harrison entered the 2019 Professional Fighters League season as the face of the organization, and ended the year with $1 million and the PFL women’s lightweight championship in hand on New Year’s Eve. Harrison, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, was one of six fighters to win titles and
7:45 AM ET When I put together a “Fights I want to see” list going into 2019, the No. 1 matchup was Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Tony Ferguson. Well, it didn’t happen, and — spoiler alert — Nurmagomedov vs. Ferguson is still the No. 1 fight I want to see. The good news is, as we
10:12 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim NEW YORK — IT is minutes before midnight on Christmas, and David Michaud is standing in the middle of 42nd Street, taking pictures of the bustling neon cathedral that is Times Square. The “walk/don’t walk” sign is telling him he has another 12, 11, 10 seconds to remain planted there
9:04 PM ET As the year and the decade come to a close, the UFC is in the midst of perhaps its most successful run ever. And that momentum looks like it will continue in 2020 with Conor McGregor vs. Donald Cerrone headlining UFC 246 on Jan. 18 in Las Vegas. UFC president Dana White
1:28 AM ET Fedor Emelianenko‘s farewell tour is off to an outstanding start. Emelianenko landed a big right hand to knock out Quinton Jackson at 2:40 of the first round Saturday night in the main event of Bellator Japan at Saitama Super Arena. It was the first time Jackson had been stopped since 2005 and
6:26 PM ET After a busy first year in the UFC, Greg Hardy will step back in the Octagon in early 2020. Hardy will meet Yorgan De Castro in a key heavyweight bout at UFC Columbus on March 28 in Ohio, the promotion announced Friday. The former NFL standout fought five times in 2019, making
8:14 AM ET Kayla Harrison left the cage, her head sank and tears welled up in her eyes. She stopped to hug one of her coaches, and then her manager, Ali Abdelaziz, escorted her backstage with his arm slung over her shoulder. For those who watched the 20-second clip on social media, it looked like
8:14 AM ET Quinton Jackson thought it was his last chance to fight in Japan. So, in 2012, the fighter known as “Rampage” went against doctor’s orders and didn’t pull out of his fight against Ryan Bader at UFC 144 despite a torn meniscus. Bader, now the Bellator heavyweight and light heavyweight champion, won via